Srtified

Just went into the dealership for my 8000 km oil change (as per owner's manual) and I complained about thr shifting and driveabality issues. They found and applied the above service bulletin and the vehicle runs like a champ!! Thanks to DodgeCares for supplying me with the necessary information to lead them to this bulletin.

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Thanks Rolly, I'm hoping that this is the case. I am going to double-check the colour however, just to make sure it's not dark brown or rust colured. Can't hurt right.

Mmmm, I am personally not a fan of drilling holes into a vehicle, new or otherwise. I would have used automotive grade acrylic foam mounting tape instead but you did remember to silicone the screw holes before threading in the screws so that's about all you can do now. If it becomes an issue (water build-up) maybe fill the holes with polyurethane finishing putty sand and paint, then go with the mounting tape option.

I noticed that my Coolant reservoir is filled with a very darl coloured coolant mix. It almost looks deep purple or even black...NOT the colours I'm familiar with. Is this the normal colour? 2013 Journey R/T AWD 3.6L Pentastar engine TIA, Srtified (Paul)

Now that it's warmed up a bit, has anybody else noticed how incredibly thirsty the Journey AWD becomes in extremely cold weather?? I was getting about 16l/100km (17 mpg) when it got below zero but we ha d a spell of -30C weather (-24F or so) and mileage went all the way dowm to 21.8L/100 km (13 mpg) and is just starting to get better now. Anyone swap out diff fluids for synthetic yet?? I think that would help immensely.....hmmmm, I wonder what Chrysler Canada has to say about a fluid swap to improve overall mileage???

:yup: No problem!!

UPDATE!!!! Okay, after our first real taste of Old Man Winter and a liberal deposit of 27cm (10 inches or so) of the white stuff I can safely say the Cooper Winter Claws are an extremely good winter tire and not very expensive. I bought 4 wheels, 4 tires, mounted, balanced, installed and had the dealer store my summers for me. $1054 out the door!! No TPMS sensors installed, the ligh and message centre came on for about am inute or so and shut off. Haven't heard or seen anything since so all is right with the world!!

It helps but what you're telling me is at a stoplight my rpms will be lower and at highway speed, they'll be higher....Really??? No kidding!!! I sorta knew that, lol!! So it seems that my idle speed is typical...I don't like it being that low!!! I live in a cold climate and with short trips I'd like to see that idle up a little bit, say 650-700 or so. I'll check with my techs to see if they can alter idle speed with starscan.

ANy body know what factory spec is for the 3.6L idle speed?? I'm at just over 500rpm at a light and find that way too low, everybody else this low???

Okay, so I sorted this thing out like this.....Macpek ( http://catalogue.macpek.com/auto-en.aspx) has 17 inch wheels that are correct, X44753 and the factory wheel/tire combo measures 28.9 inches in diameter and turns at 715 revolutions per kilometer (based on my 19 inch wheel/tire package). So the perfect combo for this 17 inch wheel is a tire size of P235/65R17 which measures at 29.1 inches diameter and rotates at 719 Revs per km. I went with the Cooper Winter Claw Extreme Grip MX tires. The Kumho Solus isn't bad at stopping and starting but throw in a little hard-pack snow or icy road....no fun!!! Now, throw in a curve too....YIKES!!! Will let you know how this works for me over the next little while. I have to go play in an empty parking lot first

Ooopppsss, I must have stuttered, LOL!! Did I miss the delete post option, I can't seem to find it. Can a mod please delete one of these posts for me please.......

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EXACTLY!!!!! This is what needs to be done. Ima go check the build date right now and thank you for keeping us up to date!!

Thank you and if you can pass this on...It is sorely needed!!!